The number of rapes is now at its highest ever level with a 48% rise in the number of the sex attacks at knifepoint, police figures show.
There were 22,116 rapes recorded by police in England and Wales in the year to June - a 29% rise - while all sexual offences showed an increase of 22%.
One of the largest increases in the number of sex crimes recorded by officers was in South Yorkshire, which saw an 80% surge. The highest was Durham.
The South Yorkshire force is still trying to cope with the fall-out from revelations that gangs of men groomed and sexually assaulted as many as 1,400 vulnerable children in Rotherham.
It followed the Rochdale case where a group of Asian men were jailed for using 47 girls as sex slaves.
Officials at the Office for National Statistics said the rise could be because victims were more willing to report sex crime.
In addition, police recording practices had improved. There had been a number of claims to Government committees that officers had been massaging figures.
There have been significant concerns over the rise of "rape culture" on social media and threats on Twitter and Facebook to sexually assault women have become commonplace.
A Centre for Social Justice report out earlier this year found that young girls were increasingly being drawn into a gang culture where "rape is used as a weapon".
The national policing lead for crime statistics, Chief Constable Jeff Farrar, said: "It's reassuring to see increased reporting of sexual offences, as this shows that victims of abuse have greater confidence that if they report to the police they will be listened to, taken seriously and their report will be investigated fully, regardless of when the offence took place."
The figures show that knifepoint rape increase from 199 to 294, while knifepoint sexual assaults were up 22% to 111 from 91.
The number of race hate crimes also increased by 84% to 37,484, which statisticians said was driven by offences in the wake of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby.
The ONS report said: "The pattern of higher levels of race and religious hate crime in May, June and July 2013 compared with the same period in the previous year is not observed for the other strands of hate crime (sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity; data not shown)."
However, over all the number of crimes was down on the same time last year.
Crime prevention minister Norman Baker said: "There are now 2.3 million fewer crimes per year than when the coalition Government took office.
"That includes 413,000 fewer acts of violence and 160,000 fewer burglaries, with criminal damage down by 962,000 incidents. This is good news for a safer England and Wales.
"There are also positive signs that police recording of crime is improving, and that more victims of crimes such as sexual offences and fraud are coming forward - which is something we welcome."
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